The Counseling Psychology department welcomes two new site coordinators, Beth Collins and Frances Ennels. Beth will be making visits to school counselors who are supervising our school counseling practicum students and interns, and Frances will be visiting intern and practicum site supervisors in the field.
Beth is a Pennsylvania Dually Certified (elementary and secondary) school counselor and the School Counseling Placement Coordinator. During her time at Eastern University, Beth worked as a grief facilitator for Peter’s Place. She led grief groups for children ages 6-10 and adolescents ages 14 – 17. In addition to her work within Peter’s Place, she also assisted Peter’s Place with their “Outreach Program.” ...

Are you wondering if Clinical Counseling, or School Counseling or School Psychology is a career choice for you and if Eastern University is the place for you? Come learn more about the Graduate Counseling Psychology programs at Eastern University. Meet the instructors and learn more about the Masters in School Counseling, Masters in School Psychology and Masters in Counseling programs.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 from 6:30-7:30 p.m
Eagle Great Room
1300 Eagle Road
St Davids PA 19087
RSVP to Amy Nothwehr at anothweh@eastern.edu or 610.341.1594. Other Open Houses are scheduled for Dec. 5, Feb. 13 and April 17.

The Counseling Psychology Department at Eastern University welcomes Jessica Dirsmith as assistant professor in the School Psychology program. Jessica, who is a nationally certified school psychologist, completed her undergraduate degree at The Pennsylvania State University and her graduate and doctoral work at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She has done additional coursework, as well as a specialty doctoral internship, in the area of school neuropsychology. Jessica has served as a k-12 school psychologist prior to coming to Eastern University. Additionally, she has worked at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in the Child and Adolescent Behavioral Disorders Unit conducting clinical trials on ADHD care...

This is the first of a series of blog posts on students in Eastern University‘s various graduate programs. Everyone’s journey through a master’s program is different and these blog posts will hopefully serve to tell our student’s stories about why they decided to pursue their graduate education, how their experience was and how it is helping them or how they hope it will help them post graduation.
We begin with Laurie, a student in one of our Counseling Psychology Programs. The decision to go back to school to earn a master’s degree can often be a challenging one, for Laurie it felt natural.
Laurie said, “I’ve always wanted to go back to school for my master’s, but I wasn’t exactly sure for which program. I...

It’s that time of year…back to school! I am going back to school for a MA in School Counseling after a 5 year hiatus from graduating from Gettysburg College. I’m not going to lie…I’m nervous! I’m going to have to get back into the swing of things FAST….presentations, papers…yikes!
Did everyone attend orientation on August 22nd? I was there and had a great time. I thought it was a great way to welcome us on our journey into graduate school and calm our nerves. My favorite part was meeting with my adviser for dinner and learning more about the program. It also helped meeting with a smaller group of other students starting in the same program.
I had my first class last Thursday. SCARY?!?!?! Just...

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